DOES EARLY GRAY HAIR MEAN YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK?
DOES EARLY GRAY HAIR MEAN YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK? Source: menshealth You glance in the mirror and see it—your first gray hair. You’re still a young guy, so why is your hair turning silver? We associate gray hair with ageing, so your graying strands inevitably raise an uncomfortable question: If your hair is ageing, is the rest of your body following suit? Are you ageing way too fast, and if so, what does that mean for your health? First, it is true that graying hair is due to an ageing of sorts—but of your melanocytes in your hair bulb. These are the same cells that produce pigment in your skin, says Melissa Piliang, M.D., a dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic. “They gradually stop producing melanin pigment. The result is initially hair graying and then whitening over time," she says. This process does not affect the keratinocytes, which are responsible for producing the hair fibre, so there should not be any changes to your hair structure. However, you may also no